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Chapter 983

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Ah. I lost focus again.

The conversation happening nearby was so interesting that even a brief glance made her stare as if entranced.

Ilendil shook her head and focused on the Baldrogard student again.

Kind is he? Well I suppose you could call it kind

That Wardanaz family junior was certainly sociable and had wide connections.

Ilendil, who had no relationships except for a few juniors (and even those werent particularly comfortable when dealing with her), could instinctively feel it.

That junior was the complete opposite type of person from herself!

To begin with, attending all schools made it hard not to have wide connections.

It was a bit surprising that this applied to Baldrogard students too

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: I see. Anyway, I dont know that senior well. Ill tell you if I find them.

Probably wont find them for life though.

Ipelldrem: Thank you!

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: Ask Gonadaltes. Gonadaltes would know about such things.

To help the two reconcile, Ilendil did her best with her lacking skills.

Though Ipelldrem was reluctant about Gonadaltes, he seemed slightly swayed by the mention of finding a 6th year Wardanaz senior.

Ipelldrem: Hes eccentric and mean, so I dont want to associate with him Alright. Ill think about it.

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: As a mage, you should learn to get along with people you dont want to associate with.

I cannot permit another demigod.

Why not!

Learn how to handle it. Changing it because its difficult to handle is what cowards do, not what a disciple of royalty should do.

Just then, she could see a junior nearby getting along with someone he didnt want to associate with no, an artificial demigod.

Seeing that made Ilendil even more confident in what she had said.

Ipelldrem: Good advice! Thats definitely right! Actually, Ive experienced something similar. When I enrolled in Baldrogard, I purchased a new manor nearby, but I didnt get along well with the newly hired maids. The customs were quite unfamiliar since it was the Western Empire.

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: Wow that must have been really tough.

Ilendil sincerely regretted not being from the dark magic school.

If she had learned high-level curses, she could have cursed someone even without knowing their face.

Ipelldrem: But as time passed, we became close. Once we got close, I could see their good points.

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: Right. We can stop talking about this now, cant we?

Ilendil tried to gradually end the conversation.

Talking more would only upset her stomach further.

However, Ipelldrem had no intention of just letting go of an Einroguard student who had finally approached him for conversation.

Ipelldrem: Excuse me, could I ask you a few things about magic?

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: Why dont you ask Baldrogard seniors or professors?

With a bit of mischief, Ilendil spoke sarcastically.

If it were truly deep questions about magic, Baldrogard mages wouldnt be able to answer them easily.

But the response was unexpected.

Ipelldrem: Right now, all the seniors and professors went on a spring flower commemoration Empire carriage trip together.

Ilendil felt intense killing intent surge in her heart, like when she saw outsiders destroying the forest.

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: Ask away. Wait. Why didnt you go?

Ipelldrem: Ah, the magic Im researching right now is interesting!

?

Ilendil tilted her head.

Then, not understanding, she called Lee Han.

Um, excuse me

When the disciple interrupted while he was earnestly learning magic with the artificial demigod, the Insane Doppelganger glared coldly.

At that gaze, Ilendil quickly bowed her head.

Ah, its nothing

I see. Keep it nothing.

Yes, yes.

Ilendil obediently turned her gaze away.

A Baldrogard student stopping their fun because magic was interesting.

It must be a coincidence or a mistake?

Ipelldrem: Right now Im directly designing compression magic circles and layered magic circles, and basically within a closed magic circle, the sum of mana rises and falls should be equal. But look here, only at the regular dodecahedron ruby reagent part, the mana is bouncing in reverse. I dont know where I made a mistake.

!??!?!

Compression magic circles were a technique of compressing dozens of magic circles into a single magic circle.

A high-difficulty advanced technique that even Einroguard divination magic school students usually only began learning in their upper years!

Layered magic circles were similarly difficult. Stacking different magic circles vertically and overlapping them to create synergy and chain effects if anything, it was harder than compression magic circles, certainly not easy.

And a Baldrogard student was asking about this.

Ilendil wondered if she was being deceived.

Could the other person actually be an Einroguard student pretending to be a Baldrogard student??

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: What year did you say you were?

Ipelldrem: Me? Im a third year.

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: By any chance didnt other magic schools make offers when you were enrolling in Baldrogard?

Ipelldrem: Huh? How did you know? Petroguard sent me an invitation.

The magic school Petroguard was absolutely not a magic school in name only like Baldrogard.

A place that raised excellent magic item craftsmen.

If he had received an offer from such a place, it made sense that he could demonstrate that level of magic despite being a Baldrogard third year.

If he were a Petroguard third year

No, thats still impressive though?

At that level, he would likely be one of the top geniuses even at Petroguard. Ilendil asked again, not understanding.

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: Why didnt you go to Petroguard?

Ipelldrem: Because all my friends decided to go to Baldrogard.

Ilendil unconsciously let out a deep sigh.

The Empires bureaucrats viewed Einroguard as a thorn in their side, but in truth, the real thorn in their side was indeed Baldrogard.

A hellish place that takes mages who might have talent and rots those sprouts!

Have you finished persuading them?

He heard his juniors voice from behind.

When he turned around, the collar area was badly scorched as if it had been hit by flames. Ilendil asked in surprise.

The, the projection?

Huh? Oh. No. I got excited while practicing magic and made a mistake.

Ignoring the Artificial Demigods complaints about being inferior, Lee Han entered his magic training.

Come to think of it, there was absolutely no reason to listen to the Artificial Demigod or Insane Doppelganger telling him to learn powerful and evil magic.

Lee Han could just do the magic he wanted to do.

And as a result, he realized an unexpected fact.

Namely, that the Artificial Demigods power was much more useful than he had thought.

-The success rate really went up! Amazing!

-Too boring

-lease continue doing that.

-When will continental domination

There was no need to draw out or use power as extremely as the Insane Doppelganger did.

If he just used it as support, it wasnt very difficult, and it was much more useful to Lee Han currently.

It increased the success probability of difficult magic that had a high chance of failure when casting.

The good thing about divinity was that even difficult phenomena that would require hundreds of processes and theories in magic could be implemented intuitively.

Thanks to this, Lee Han got excited and rode the momentum to practice new flame attributes, almost burning his clothes.

Th, thank goodness I thought the projection attacked you.

Ah. Thats true. I thought youd be angry that I was only practicing too easy magic.

Thats not what I meant

Ilendil hadnt meant it that way.

In the first place, all the magic his junior was currently practicing wasnt at a level suitable for a second-year student.

But surprisingly, he didnt get angry.

Oh, really?

Yes. He told me to do whatever I wanted?

?

Ilendil tilted his head.

No matter how he thought about it, it was unbelievable that the Insane Doppelganger had said that.

Ah! I know! If he was being sarcastic

So I asked if he was being sarcastic and he got angry.

Ilendil looked at Lee Han with shocked eyes.

This juniors most mysterious aspect wasnt his innate mana or innate magical talent.

It was the madness that allowed him to say such things in front of the Insane Doppelganger of a mad archmage.

How on earth could he say such things?

Anyway, he didnt. I think this way of utilizing it is actually correct Senior, why dont you try utilizing it too?

I, Im fine.

Ilendil immediately answered with disgust.

If he could borrow the power of divinity, he would use it to revive and regenerate the forest, not contact a suspicious Artificial Demigod to practice advanced magic.

Who would do such a thing unless they were crazy about magic?

So Senior. Did you persuade them well?

Huh? Oh

Ilendil briefly summarized and explained what had happened.

He had spoken well to the other person, persuaded them, and it turned out the other person was this kind of mage

What kind of ridiculous lie are you telling?

Its its true!!!

When his junior looked at him as if it was absurd, Ilendil felt genuinely wronged.

There really was such a mage at Baldrogard!

***

My guess is that Master is currently in quite a good mood.

Walking out, Lee Han thought so.

If that werent the case, several recent events couldnt be explained.

Teaching other students in place of professors, or not getting angry even when Lee Han didnt do what he was told and practiced easy magic (by Insane Doppelganger standards)

There was only one theory that explained all these mysterious phenomena.

The Insane Doppelganger was in a very good mood!

?

The Insane Doppelganger looked at his disciple as if something was suspicious.

Though there was no evidence, he felt like his disciple was having arrogant and impious thoughts.

Regardless, Lee Han continued thinking.

Then he should be able to fully understand what Im about to do.

Master!

What is it?

Im about to go to the next lecture, would that be alright?

What kind of lecture are you asking about separately?

The Insane Doppelganger had definitely improved his understanding of his disciple.

The fact that he was asking meant it wasnt an ordinary lecture.

Swordsmanship lecture, Sword and Life

From the Insane Doppelgangers face immediately contorting, Lee Han realized he had misjudged.

That was definitely not an aura that someone in a good mood could emit.

Damn. I misjudged.

He had spoken boldly thinking he was in a good mood, only to end up not even breaking even.

To think youre attending swordsmanship lectures at a time like this. Do you really not know whats important right now?

I was already attending it

Be quiet! Other magic, even if their level was trivial, didnt stray from the path. But swordsmanship is different.

Doesnt swordsmanship help with magic when it reaches a high level?

Thats an absurdly roundabout path. When the day is ending, why would you take a detour?

The Insane Doppelganger didnt deny that high-level swordsmanship had aspects that connected with magic.

After all, utilizing power and changing the world was the same thing.

But it was foolish for a mage to waste time learning swordsmanship just because of that commonality.

Wait. Didnt you also learn close combat, Master?

Lee Han recalled memories from the past and asked.

Learning it himself but telling his disciple its a waste of time?

Having learned it directly, I can say theres no need for it. When magic reaches a certain level, such trivial skills become unnecessary.

The Insane Doppelganger was much more stubborn than expected.

Even bringing up the past didnt shake him at all.

The senior who teaches this lecture is quite a unique person, arent you curious?

Im not curious.

He casts all kinds of magic through swordsmanship.

The Insane Doppelganger paused for a moment.

Then he opened his mouth again.

Lead the way.

!

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